rkolsen 1697 Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 I just saw that a crawl was running tonight notifying viewers that Hearst is currently negotiating a renewal of their carriage agreement with DirecTV. Their current agreement expires on January 1, 2017. WBAL's crawl is mentioning that you can receive the channel through other providers.
GroupWBZ 73 Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 I just saw that a crawl was running tonight notifying viewers that Hearst is currently negotiating a renewal of their carriage agreement with DirecTV. Their current agreement expires on January 1, 2017. WBAL's crawl is mentioning that you can receive the channel through other providers. This via WCVB as well. I have no idea how likely it is that anything will actually come of this.
rkolsen 1697 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Posted December 28, 2016 Their last retrans battle was in 2010 and they notified viewers two weeks before the deadline. They were ultimately able to reach a deal in time. If I had to guess it would be that they are more opportunistic this time around as they only just announced the negotiations publicly a few days before the deadline.
WestleyWolf 123 Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 Oh brother...I hope so. My mom can't live without KCRA.
Guest Former Member 207 Posted December 28, 2016 Posted December 28, 2016 This could lead to more local stations being added to DirecTV Now as well.
kdex86 56 Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 This could be some major trouble in the Boston market. Cox Media is also negotiating with DirecTV for carriage of their stations, and their contract expires on January 1. DirecTV subscribers in the Boston DMA could temporarily lose both ABC and Fox to start the new year.
Eat News 4745 Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 This could be some major trouble in the Boston market. Cox Media is also negotiating with DirecTV for carriage of their stations, and their contract expires on January 1. DirecTV subscribers in the Boston DMA could temporarily lose both ABC and Fox to start the new year. Well the Nielsen survey for LPM, Set Meter and Code Reader Markets (4 weeks) begins next week in the 56 metered(major) markets (Jan 5th Feb-1st)....and all 210 markets kicks on Feb 2nd thru Mar-1. https://www.tvb.org/Portals/0/media/file/Nielsen_Local_Survey_Dates_2016-17.pdf Lets see how long they want to play this out because I really think the public doesn't give a shit anymore about these re-trans deals. There is plenty of watchable media out there for the picking... and i'm not getting emotionally invested in either parties cause. Too many other options out there.
kdex86 56 Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 This could be some major trouble in the Boston market. Cox Media is also negotiating with DirecTV for carriage of their stations, and their contract expires on January 1. DirecTV subscribers in the Boston DMA could temporarily lose both ABC and Fox to start the new year. Add Pittsburgh and Orlando into this mess as well - their DirecTV subscribers (in both DMAs) could lose both ABC and NBC if Hearst AND Cox Media do not reach new retransmission consent agreements by 3 AM,
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 DirecTV is getting as bad as Dish with this....And it's only happened since AT&T bought them!
rkolsen 1697 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 Looks like Hearst is also going up against CableOne. https://www.cedmagazine.com/news/2016/12/retrans-talks-hearst-negotiations-directv-might-be-affecting-cable-ones-discussions
rkolsen 1697 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 Doesn't look like they're going to make it. The same crawl just ran saying if negotiations aren't reached by January 1 they'll pull their signal.
TheRolyPoly 2655 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Cox is now pulled from the AT&T IPTV and Satellite providers.
kdex86 56 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Based on posts seen on WCVB's Facebook page, Hearst pulled their stations off DirecTV at 12:02 AM, almost immediately after the ball dropped in Times Square, and right in the middle of the celebrations. Very thoughtful. And Cox pulled their stations at 3 AM, so Boston is without ABC and FOX, and both Pittsburgh and Orlando are without ABC and NBC to start 2017. Magnificent!
rkolsen 1697 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 Commenters on WBAL said they lost the signal before midnight. Is it that DirecTV was a bit premature or is Baltimore a large enough market for fiber lines to the receive point?
rkolsen 1697 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Posted January 1, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155107225614218
Frank Bresz 0 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Pittsburgh update - WTAE Dropped at a few minutes last midnight. WPXI dropped overnight. No answers from anyone. Directvpromise.com is a complete joke. A - it was swamped and offline last night. I don't get a credit for my service. I've been a customer for 15 years. AT&T royally screwed the pooch here.
CircleSeven 1963 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 New Blackout. B&C states that CableONE has blacked out the stations owned by Brian Brady in ID & MS. However, CableONE has granted an extension in retrans negotiations regarding six Hearst stations. Also, Suddenlink has blacked out Spokane's KXLY. Happy New Year.
TheRolyPoly 2655 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Just by reading all of this, you now know why people continue to ditch cable.
WestleyWolf 123 Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 and yet KCRA is suppose to be Sacramento's #1 News. (I've lived here for 17 years.)
TheRolyPoly 2655 Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 and yet KCRA is suppose to be Sacramento's #1 News. (I've lived here for 17 years.) They are. Have been for 5 decades.
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